The massive storm was downgraded just after it barged ashore in southern New Jersey, bringing 90-mph winds and a roiling wall of seawater as it moved inland and north toward New York City. It sent 90-mph gusts through the Wall Street canyons and water surging to a record 13 feet in Lower Manhattan, surging into two major commuter tunnels and into subway stations and tracks. It was unclear how much water had come in.

The MTA also cut power to some subway tunnels in lower Manhattan, after water came into the stations and tracks. The MTA couldn't say at this point how much damage had been done, and how much time it would take to restore everything to normal.

Consolidated Edison was prompted to cut power to part of the area to avoid storm damage. Manhattan's FDR Drive was under water south of 20th Street. The storm was expected to lash the nation's biggest city -- and surrounding metro area - until midnight.

Fatal car crashes in Maryland and West Virginia, and the death of a man in Queens, N.Y., when a tree fell on his home were blamed on the storm. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office confirmed at least four other storm-related deaths in the state. The hurricane-turned-post-tropical cyclone, still a powerful, 900-mile-wide hybrid of several weather systems, sent 30-foot-high swells toward the Garden State, and as its eye passed over the shoreline, a surge as high as 10 feet tore into dunes and washed across boardwalks.

I dont see it affecting the election turn out, or having caused a lot of havoc...nothing at all like Katrina.

Here in South Jersey, about 5 miles east of Philly, the rain is spitting but they are saying we will get a small amount more, maybe an inch before morning. We only got about 2" so far so this is not as harsh here as expected. Power is still on here, but the winds are strong. Maybe we'll end up losing some wiring overnight after all. So far my home has a busted fence, that's it. I do have a problem that my swimming pool cover pump keeps tripping the GFI and I'm not sure what that means but I do hope the worst of the rain is over.

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posted on 10/29/2012 7:51:55 PM PDT
by pepsi_junkie
(Who is John Galt?)

Prayers for all in the wake.
The only way I see this effecting the election is if polling places flood, machines and ballots will have to be moved in a panic situation.
This could make for a lot of “lost” early ballots.

It won’t effect the overall election as this is hitting blue states primarily.
Any fraud will have no real impact.

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posted on 10/29/2012 7:54:02 PM PDT
by mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)

Sandy, Cat 1, 90mph. (the “monster storm” in history, because it happened in the belt between DC and NYC, the most important place on earth. Also, gave Obozo a chance to play master and commander of the far side of the earth)

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posted on 10/29/2012 7:58:34 PM PDT
by DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)

We went to vote early on Saturday, the first day you can vote, in Monkey County Merryland and the line was more than half a block long so we turned around and went home. Sunday and today they closed the polls because of the hurricane and I suspect they will be closed tomorrow. That’s good for us.

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